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RiT Technologies Reports Q1 2009 Results

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RiT Technologies (NASDAQ: RITT), today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2008 were $1.6 million compared with $4.8 million for the first quarter of 2008. Net loss for the quarter was $(1.95) million, or $(0.09) per share (basic and diluted), compared to $(1.1) million, or $(0.08) per share (basic and diluted), for the first quarter of 2008.

Comments of Management

"Our first quarter results were far below our expectations, reflecting the severity of the global credit crunch and the uncertainty that has gripped our target markets, causing potential customers to freeze and/or delay infrastructure initiatives," commented Mr. Avi Kovarsky, RiT's President & CEO.

"Although it is difficult to make projections regarding our future performance, we have cause for cautious optimism regarding the second half of the year. This reflects several encouraging factors:

    - Sales pipeline: Our sales pipeline continues to include
      significant opportunities on both the Enterprise and Carrier sides of
      our business.

    - Professional services: We have begun rolling out our
      Professional Services strategy and expect to enjoy the contribution of
      Professional Service revenues beginning in the second quarter.

    - Tight control of the company expenses: We are focusing on
      preserving our cash flow to minimize the cash flow burn."

Mr. Kovarsky concluded, "As such, despite the continued uncertain market conditions, our Management and Board of Directors remain confident that we will be able to ride out today's difficult environment and rebound strongly as markets recover."

Conference Call Details

The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results today, Tuesday, May 5th, at:

         10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
          9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time
          8:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time
          7:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
         17:00 Israel Time

To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call:

U.S. (toll free) - 1-888-723-3164

International - +972-3-918-0664

To participate in the webcast of the call, please log-in about 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the call as follows: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=58408

For those unable to participate, the teleconference will be archived for replay for 14 days at the same url address, beginning 12 o'clock noon (EDT) the day of the call. Note: Participants in the webcast may submit questions to be addressed in the conference call in advance by email to: simonag@rit.co.il, by phone: +972-3-766-4249 or fax: +972-3-647-4115.

About RiT Technologies

RiT is a leading provider of intelligent solutions for infrastructure management, asset management, environment and security, and network utilization. RiT Enterprise solutions address datacenters, communication rooms and workspace environments, ensuring maximum utilization, reliability, decreased downtime, physical security, automated deployment, asset tracking, and troubleshooting. RiT Environment and Security solutions enable companies to effectively control their datacenters, communications rooms and remote physical sites and facilities in real-time, comprehensively and accurately. RiT Carrier solutions provide carriers with the full array of network mapping, testing and bandwidth qualification capabilities needed for access network installation and service provisioning. RiT's field-tested solutions are delivering value in thousands of installations for top-tier enterprises and operators throughout the world.

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.rittech.com

Safe Harbor Statement

In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate", "forecast", "target", "could" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For example, when we discuss a field trial which could lead to a multi-million dollar Carrier deal, we are using a forward looking statement. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 20-F, which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: our ability to raise additional financing, if required; the continued development of market trends in directions that benefit our sales; our ability to maintain and grow our revenues; our dependence upon independent distributors, representatives and strategic partners; our ability to develop new products and enhance our existing products; the availability of third-party components used in our products; the economic condition of our customers; the impact of government regulation; and the economic and political situation in Israel. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


                           RiT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
                 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (U.S GAAP)
                        (U.S dollars in thousands)

                                               March 31,         December 31,
                                                   2009                 2008
                                             (Unaudited)            (Audited)
    Assets
    Current Assets
    Cash and cash equivalents                     4,264                6,111
    Trade receivables, net                        1,970                3,737
    Other current assets                            333                  536
    Inventories                                   4,409                3,978
    Total Current Assets                         10,976               14,362

    Other Assets
    Long term trade receivable                      251                  351
    Long­ term investment                         1,609                1,579
                                                  1,860                1,930
    Property and Equipment
    Cost                                          3,540                3,502
    Less - accumulated depreciation               3,024                2,958
                                                    516                  544
    Total Assets                                 13,352               16,836

    Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
    Current Liabilities
    Trade payables                                2,027                3,101
    Other payables and accrued expenses           1,810                2,286
    Total Current Liabilities                     3,837                5,387

    Long-term Liability
    Liability in respect of employees'
     severance benefits                           2,039                2,076
    Total Liabilities                             5,876                7,463

    Shareholders' Equity
    Share capital                                   559                  559
    Treasury stock                                  (27)                 (27)
    Additional paid-in capital                   36,742               36,681
    Accumulated deficit                         (29,798)             (27,840)
    Total Shareholders' Equity                    7,476                9,373
    Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity   13,352               16,836


                           RiT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
                    STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. GAAP)
              (U.S dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                                              For the three
                                               months ended
                                                 March 31,
                                        2009                   2008
                                  (unaudited)            (unaudited)

    Sales                              1,585                  4,792
    Cost of sales                        718                  2,736
    Gross profit                         867                  2,056

    Operating costs and expenses:
    Research and development             833                  1,002
    Sales and marketing                1,394                  1,638
    General and administrative           488                    569
    Total operating expenses           2,715                  3,209
    Operating Loss                    (1,848)                (1,153)
    Financial Income (Loss), net        (110)                    50
    Net Loss                          (1,958)                (1,103)

    Basic and diluted net Loss
     per ordinary share                (0.09)                 (0.08)

    Weighted average number of
     ordinary shares, used to
     compute basic and diluted
     net loss per ordinary share  20,835,420             14,681,574



    COMPANY CONTACT:

    Simona Green
    VP Finance
    +972-3-766-4249
    simonag@rit.co.il

SOURCE RiT Technologies Ltd